Six Figures for an “Executive Assistant”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds about right to me. That isn't a relaxing job and requires folks to be pretty detail oriented -- and most people are not. It's not easy to find a good assistant, and when you do, you pay them 6 figures.

Not sure what that has to do with you, OP?

It is a relaxing job for her given she works most of the weeks at home due to “long COVID”. I don’t care she’s taking the crrunchy granola boss for a ride but I’m making a general assessment about the inequities in pay for more serious jobs like resident doctors, nurses, professors, policemen.

Seems rather surprising to me any exec assistant can soar past 150k+

Why does it surprise you? That's what the market dictates? Do you also get surprised when you walk past a house in DC and find out it was sold for millions even through it's not that great? You are just nasty and ignorant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP there aren't that many nouveau lesbian EAs around and someone probably has told her the suckup who ordered food deliveries is trashing her so your days are numbered and not with six figure$

Suck up? She told me she was dying with COVID and couldn’t get out of bed and was broke because the org “freezed her pay”. Then, days later, I see her at a bar

Your cat is out of the bag. Wait and see.

I don’t work there, sweetheart.

Well she knows people, hon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:EAs are underpaid.


It's amazing how departments would absolutely blow up of it weren't for admin staff and EAs. Senior staff are clueless trying to arrange flights, optimal travel, hotels, dealing with Visa requirements, arranging schedules, paying for things, making reservations for restaurants with important clients, etc. absolutely nothing would function without good EAs. A good EA is worth their weight in gold.

Worth a higher salary than a doctor in residency? They also work long hours under stress

Yes. A resident is well educated but is basically as useful as any other entry-level employee. Same as a first year associate.

+1 Every year, hundreds of young people graduate from law school and think they are going to make it big. A very small proportion have what it takes, but a good EA keeps the entire machine running.

[Anonymous]

A status conscious executive isn't going to pay an EA a low salary. Else he looks low status or overpaid or not up to it.
Having a 6 figure EA is like having the right car or suit.

[Anonymous]

I can’t believe FCPS EAs get paid six figures! Its a tough job but not evenings/weekends and no education requirements and they support one person (who sometimes has another support person too).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds about right to me. That isn't a relaxing job and requires folks to be pretty detail oriented -- and most people are not. It's not easy to find a good assistant, and when you do, you pay them 6 figures.

Not sure what that has to do with you, OP?

It is a relaxing job for her given she works most of the weeks at home due to “long COVID”. I don’t care she’s taking the crrunchy granola boss for a ride but I’m making a general assessment about the inequities in pay for more serious jobs like resident doctors, nurses, professors, policemen.

Seems rather surprising to me any exec assistant can soar past 150k+

OMG, you seriously need a hobby that doesn't involve obsessing over this woman's work and pay. It's called "the market." What a willing buyer will pay a willing seller. Your "friend" (if this is how you treat friends, omg) is willing to work for her salary and her boss is willing to pay her her salary. The end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP there aren't that many nouveau lesbian EAs around and someone probably has told her the suckup who ordered food deliveries is trashing her so your days are numbered and not with six figure$

Suck up? She told me she was dying with COVID and couldn’t get out of bed and was broke because the org “freezed her pay”. Then, days later, I see her at a bar

Your cat is out of the bag. Wait and see.

I don’t work there, sweetheart.

Well she knows people, hon.

Well, aren’t you something, Sherlock but I’ve said all of this to her face so there’s nothing to hide. I told her I think she’s faking her sexuality, ADHD, and money Crisis, and her family (we are childhood friends) told me to say this as well they’re also concerned and she blocked me.

Obviously, I wouldn’t post this otherwise but my general point is about the overpaid EA role compared to actual essential workers.

[Anonymous]

As a fed, I worked with a number of contractor EAs. A couple made over $100K. If they were in another admin field, they probably would've moved up because they were presentable, organized, and willing to pitch in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds about right to me. That isn't a relaxing job and requires folks to be pretty detail oriented -- and most people are not. It's not easy to find a good assistant, and when you do, you pay them 6 figures.

Not sure what that has to do with you, OP?

It is a relaxing job for her given she works most of the weeks at home due to “long COVID”. I don’t care she’s taking the crrunchy granola boss for a ride but I’m making a general assessment about the inequities in pay for more serious jobs like resident doctors, nurses, professors, policemen.

Seems rather surprising to me any exec assistant can soar past 150k+

Why does it surprise you? That's what the market dictates? Do you also get surprised when you walk past a house in DC and find out it was sold for millions even through it's not that great? You are just nasty and ignorant.

I’m nasty and ignorant because I kept calling and calling and bought food, toiletries, medicine, COVID tests and even calling her neighbors to make sure my friend was ok after her last message to me was she felt she was dying. Since childhood, my loved ones and I always looked out for her. I even wrote her cover letter for this job and provided a great reference to her.

If I Knew exec assistants were this highly paid, I would’ve applied myself. By the way, the former exec assistant wasn’t getting paid six figures according to her. It’s obvious the boss is taken with her due to her “sexuality crisis”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds about right to me. That isn't a relaxing job and requires folks to be pretty detail oriented -- and most people are not. It's not easy to find a good assistant, and when you do, you pay them 6 figures.

Not sure what that has to do with you, OP?

It is a relaxing job for her given she works most of the weeks at home due to “long COVID”. I don’t care she’s taking the crrunchy granola boss for a ride but I’m making a general assessment about the inequities in pay for more serious jobs like resident doctors, nurses, professors, policemen.

Seems rather surprising to me any exec assistant can soar past 150k+

Why does it surprise you? That's what the market dictates? Do you also get surprised when you walk past a house in DC and find out it was sold for millions even through it's not that great? You are just nasty and ignorant.

I’m nasty and ignorant because I kept calling and calling and bought food, toiletries, medicine, COVID tests and even calling her neighbors to make sure my friend was ok after her last message to me was she felt she was dying. Since childhood, my loved ones and I always looked out for her. I even wrote her cover letter for this job and provided a great reference to her.

If I Knew exec assistants were this highly paid, I would’ve applied myself. By the way, the former exec assistant wasn’t getting paid six figures according to her. It’s obvious the boss is taken with her due to her “sexuality crisis”

You keep upping the anti so I really think you're a troll. If you resent her so much, stop doing things for her. No one is holding a gun to your head. You are not a good friend despite your assistance that you are. Friends don't bad mouth other friends. Friends don't resent other friends when they earn a good salary. Friends don't take out their own shortcomings onto their friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP you’re quite a storyteller.

Oh, that’s just the tip of the iceberg of what went down. I won’t go into anything further as the general point is the pay disparities between essential workers and support staff roles like EA’s. It wasn’t meant to be a personal rant

[Anonymous]

It's not that uncommon in DC. at that pay, they are expected to be available 24/7.

[Anonymous]

I was an EA in the early 2000s and after 5 or so years I was making 6 figures. I'm a CEO now and I would ABSOLUTELY pay that well for a good EA. So may people find that work to be just a stepping stone to something else and that really devalues the contributions of a good EA.

[Anonymous]

In 1987 the EAs at my Investment Bank all made $100,000 a year. After we went under in a massive scandal the EAs job also included wining and dining out of town big clients doing "whatever" was needed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was an EA in the early 2000s and after 5 or so years I was making 6 figures. I'm a CEO now and I would ABSOLUTELY pay that well for a good EA. So may people find that work to be just a stepping stone to something else and that really devalues the contributions of a good EA.

This is the best response so far. That makes perfect sense as I also consider this a stepping stone/transition job.

I can see how the pay is correlated to retention rates as changing EA’s every year and training them seems like a huge drain